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1952 Map of Bradley SE

Name: 1952 Topographic Map of Bradley SE
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1953
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1953

About this map

The State Game Refuge dominates the landscape of the Arkansas-Louisiana border in the early 1950s, preserving a complex network of wetlands and creek bottoms. This survey reveals a rural landscape defined by its hydrology, where Bodcau Creek and Bodcau Bayou wind through the borderlands of Lafayette County and Bossier Parish. The presence of scattered Oil Wells across the southwestern portion of the sheet suggests the mid-century expansion of the regional petroleum industry into the lowland terrain.

Local community life is anchored by small, isolated landmarks such as Walker Creek Sch near the northern boundary and State Line Ch further south. These features, along with Shiloh Ch near the banks of Teague Branch, provide essential focal points for genealogical research in this sparsely populated border region, which is heavily dissected by numerous smaller watercourses like French Creek and Dooley Creek.